juvenile onmyoji

Li Zi, as usual, after eating rice balls and clear soup in the morning, took a carriage to the outside of Luocheng Gate, where she took a large carriage to Ise Shrine.

Before leaving, Qingming said that she would pick her up at the city gate after school, and the two of them would go back together.Suzaku also said that he would try to make udon noodles today, and he can eat them when he comes back tonight.

The sun was shining warmly at the gate of the city, and she covered her eyebrows with her hands, watching the big carriage slowly approaching.I was in a good mood, but the moment I saw Yuan Chuyue getting off the car, that uncomfortable feeling struck again.

Yuan Chuyue smiled and turned her head to wave to Yuan Chuyu who sent her here, Yuan Chuyu looked at her indifferently from the car window.His eyes fell on Li Zi's face, and the corner of his mouth slightly turned up and smiled at her.

Looking at the familiar face, Lizi suddenly felt that she was overthinking yesterday?But today Seimei-sama will show Kamo-sama the mirror.If there is any problem, you will know when you get home.

Yuan Chuyue ran towards her, and when standing in front of her, she pinched her earlobe with her left hand and said, "You came early today."

"I come here every day."

"Oh." Yuan Chuyue turned around and waited side by side with her for the bus.

She was not the only one who came early. Seeing the carriage stop, everyone got on board one after another.

Lizi is still sitting by the window, she likes this position.You can look out the window, turn around and see everyone in the car.

After Yuan Chuyue got into the car, she greeted her companions with a smile.After saying hello, I didn't come to sit with her as usual.Instead, he sat with his former companions.

Lizi turned her face to look at her, and saw that she pinched her earlobe, and put the loose hair on her sideburns behind her ears.Then he said with a smile that his brother caught a rabbit for her to raise.

A boring topic, Riko turned her face to the window again.The moment she turned around, from the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of the girls sitting with Yuan Chuyue, and they all pinched their earlobes with their left hands.

Her heart beat violently, she forced herself to look back, and looked out of the window as if nothing had happened.

These few people all received the mirrors given by Yuan Chuyue yesterday.

When getting out of the car, Nanako passed by her and said with a smile, "Hey, Shimizu, so pitiful, why are you alone? Do you want to go together?"

Normally, she would have turned her back to Nanako immediately.But now, she was moved by Nanako's proposal.At least the other party is a normal person.

"Okay." She responded with a smile under Nanako's surprised gaze.

After being slightly startled, Nanako squeezed out a very forced smile, "I'm just kidding, that's not Chuyue-chan, she's looking at you."

Riko felt a chill down her spine, she didn't want to go with Chuyue-chan and her friends at all.Who knows what that is already?

But when the cold came back, she still kept smiling and turned around, stomping her feet coquettishly, "Hurry up, Nanako almost took me away."

Nanako: "..."

After entering the Ise Shrine, she finally let go of her heart.Especially looking at the temple in the distance, thinking that Amaterasu would be watching here, he instantly felt extremely at ease.

This kind of peace of mind reached its peak when he saw Saio.

Anyway, this is at the shrine, just make it through the day.After going through this day, she will be able to see Master Qingming.Tell him about the weird stuff and wait for him to figure it out.

She smiled and walked side by side with Yuan Chuyue, and when they passed King Zhai, everyone bowed and said hello.

Saio nodded lightly, and touched his earlobe with his left hand naturally.

Lizi almost couldn't take back her surprised gaze.

She lowered her eyes and tightly grabbed her palms to stop her body from shaking.

When she entered the main hall where she usually studied, her palms were already covered in cold sweat.There was an impulse that made her want to escape from the Ise Shrine right now.

A terrible conjecture formed in my mind.Didn't Yuan Chuyue suddenly recover after being seen by Saiwang?There is a high probability that Saio is not the original person.I just hope that today can be passed safely, and tomorrow I will not come if I am killed.

With this in mind, she sat behind the desk as usual and took out her study tools.Yuan Chuyue was still rambling on about her new baby rabbit.

Lizi thought for a while, then took out a small bag of pine nut candy from her satchel with a smile, "Do you want to eat candy?"

Yuan Chuyue was stunned for a moment, then tilted her head and said, "Ah, I like pine nut candies the most. It's just that my brother always won't let me eat sweets, saying it will damage my teeth."

Pear handed her one and watched her put it in her mouth.

"Well, it's so sweet. I like eating sweet things best."

Lizi kept her smile unchanged, but her heart kept churning.

It's true that Yuan Chuyue doesn't like sweets, on the contrary her brother is addicted to sweets.It looked like everything was reversed in the mirror, as she had guessed.

Therefore, the characters written by "Yuan Chuyue" are reversed, the habit of writing is changed from the right hand to the left hand, and the arrogant character has become approachable.So can we think of it this way, if the people in the mirror are the opposite of the outside.People who are kind in reality are evil in the mirror?

The class bell rang.The teacher came in, and the class was held as usual, and everyone was asked to copy the waka in praise of the gods.

Lizi took a special look at Yuan Chuyue, she wrote with her left hand.The words that were written were indeed incomprehensible, as if they were written backwards.

In the middle of the study, I came down to inspect it, and passed by Yuan Chuyue and praised her for her good writing.

Lizi's eyes drooped and her eyelashes fluttered, and she kept her face calm with great perseverance.But the written words still betrayed the thoughts in her heart. They became crooked one by one, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't straighten them out.I can only keep praying in my heart that this day will pass quickly.

Halfway through the class, another instructor walked in.Two witches behind him were carrying a large box.

Xinjiao glanced at everyone, and said slowly, "There is a female imperial concubine in the palace who is giving birth today, Lord Saio asked everyone to try divination for men and women. This kind of thing is very rare, so just treat it as if you were entrusted with divination."

The girls immediately whispered, obviously finding it very interesting.

Lizi put down the brush, she didn't care what to do, she just wanted to get out of school quickly.

A priestess took out a large stack of mirrors from the box.This kind of bronze mirror has a wooden bracket on the back and can be used standing up.Another witch took out a large bag of white wax and handed it out one by one.

"Hey, it's mirror divination."

"Wow, is it a new way of divination? It's so interesting. It feels like a psychic."

"Wonder if teaching would dim the light, it would be more interesting if that were the case."

Dimming?They are really a group of people who are not afraid of death.Pear lowered her eyes.

When the miko took out the mirror and candle, her heart sank to the bottom.Looks like those things can't wait.Now it was time to turn the rest of them into their own kind.Curious as to what they are, Pear doesn't want to know that way.

Just because she knew the result, she felt unwilling.

She should do something, if she doesn't do anything, she might not be able to see Lord Seimei again in the future.The most terrifying thing is that these things are obviously trying to change their cores.Thinking of Xie Xun holding her face beside Lord Qingming, she couldn't sit still and wait for death.

"Master Xie..." She clutched her stomach and bit her lips tightly.

"What?" The teacher turned and stared at her expressionlessly.

"Stomach, my stomach hurts so much, I want to go to Gong's room." Normally, she would never give such a shameful and lame reason.But now it seems that there seems to be no other way to get out of this room except this.

The teacher glanced at her, "Go and come back quickly."

Lizi instantly felt alive, and she immediately walked out, walking very fast.It seemed like a perfect match for her reasons.

After ten seconds or so, she left the courtyard.In the empty Ise Jingu, all the buildings are made of wood.Without the last tile, it is exactly the original color of the wood.In the hot sun, it is like thick honey.

Except for a few halls and walls, the shrine is almost covered with forests.Because it was built in the forest, it is also called Jingu Forest.As long as you can escape to the woods, the chances of being found will be very small.

But there is only one entrance to the shrine, and no one is usually guarding it.Lizi wants to go there to try her luck.

There are usually more than 100 priests in Ise Shrine, serving the gods day and night.But today I couldn't see any of them.

She walked along the wall, under the shadow of the camphor tree.The more empty the courtyard, the more intensified the uneasiness in my heart.This anxiety has completely turned into reality before reaching the door.

She saw Omiyaji and Saio standing in the courtyard talking.

"There is a girl missing from the trainee witch. It is said that she is going to Gong's room, but I have looked for it, but she is not there."

Saio showed a cold smile in the sunlight, "She looks like a smart child. Let everyone know and find her. When school is over, we must ensure that everyone belongs to us."

"When these children go home, their families will be transformed. When all the upper-level people are transformed, the lower-level people are just an order. Soon we will be able to welcome adults to Heianjing."

"Yes." Omiya stretched out his hand and covered the entire Ise Jingu with a barrier.

The pears are backed by a huge camphor tree.Sunlight poured down from the gaps in the leaves, she gently closed her eyes, then opened them again.I knew very well that the entire Ise Shrine might be polluted.

It looks like she won't be able to go out today.

How to do it?

His eyes turned to the farthest temple.That is the place where Amaterasu is enshrined, and it is said that it is also the closest place to the god.Since you can't get out, just hide.She couldn't believe that such a powerful god didn't know anything about what happened in her shrine.

Lizi approached the temple cautiously against the base of the wall.As she had guessed, there was no one here, and she entered the temple smoothly.

The top of the temple is covered with day lilies, and the whole temple is filled with the fragrance of grass and trees.Riko closed the door and turned to look inside the temple.I saw a tall shrine standing behind the curtain.

She stood for a few seconds and took out a flat paper-cut bird from her pocket.Then don't break the incense sticks for offering, and write "not me" on the bird's wings with incense ash.

The burnt part of the incense stick can only support writing a few characters.She blew on the little bird, opened the door a crack, and said softly, "Hide, and go to Master Qingming after the barrier is removed."

After closing the door again, she went to the mat and knelt down, folded her hands together and began to pray to the gods.

"Amaterasu, your Saio has been replaced, and your Omiyaji and Xiaomiyaji, including the witches, are all polluted. I don't know how long I will be safe when I escape into your temple. Please give Let me show you the way."

She closed her eyes tightly, and there was no sound in her ears.Because she felt that it was a bit scary to keep her eyes closed at this time, she opened them anyway.

At this moment, a pot of beans placed on the altar suddenly tilted to the ground.Like big pearls and small pearls falling on a jade plate, the beans made a clattering sound on the ground, which made her shiver in fright.

Why did the silver pot of beans fall?In the absence of any external contact, it is unreasonable to think so.

Looking at the beans all over the ground, her eyes moved slightly, and a little excitement suddenly surged in her heart. Could it be the instructions of the gods?

Before she had time to think about it, she began to kneel on the ground, picking up a handful of beans and stuffing them into her pocket.

When she picked it up almost, she heard the sound of chaotic footsteps in the distance.

Still found it here.

She hurriedly stood up, without even thinking about it, she took a few steps up the steps where the shrine was placed, and opened the curtain to hide under the shrine.

After the curtain was lifted, her pupils constricted suddenly.Standing on the shrine is a simple bronze mirror.She closed her eyes suddenly, not daring to look in the mirror.My heart was in a mess.

The door of the temple was opened.With the sound of footsteps, she felt someone touching her face.It feels wet and cold to the touch, that's not the temperature a human should have at all.

She closed her eyes tightly, not daring to open them.

"Is it strange?" Saio's voice rang in her ears, "The incarnation of Amaterasu is actually a mirror. It's not surprising, this mirror is called the Yata mirror, and it is an artifact of the Ise Shrine. It's a pity It just happens to be a mirror, which happens to be connected to the channel of the country of mirrors."

"Mirror country?" Li Zi said softly, "Where is Lord Saio?"

"Aren't I the Saio?"

"You are not."

"What a silly boy, thanks to the fact that I used to think you were smart. Sometimes the facts confirmed by the eyes may not be true. You must have noticed that I was touching my earlobe today, so you thought I was also replaced, right? ?”

"Hehe, I saw it today. Your face turned pale under the scorching sun. I almost let you go lovingly. The child who pretends not to notice anything is the cutest. In fact, That earlobe touch was just something I learned from them. I just thought it was fun."

"If you are Saio, why would you ruin your career and help youkai?" Riko asked.

"Because I have a real master. In order to meet him, it's okay to sacrifice my flesh and blood." Saio said with a smile.

Lizi moved slightly in her heart, "Are all the people you replaced there?"

"Will you open your eyes after answering this question?"

"I will consider it."

"Pfft, what a lovely child." Saio chuckled, "Don't you understand if you check it yourself? But I don't know if those people are still alive or not. After all, the food and water in the Kingdom of Mirrors will be killed after eating." The people who gradually become them. But if you don’t eat them, you will fall to your deathbed somewhere.”

She poked the Yata mirror lightly with her finger, and the bright mirror immediately set off layers of ripples.Each one is like sluggish molten metal.

Lizi's heart moved, and she became more and more convinced that the silver pot filled with beans was the way guided by Amaterasu.It's just that I don't know why, such a big incident happened in his shrine, but he didn't respond at all.

"I'm going to open your eyelids." Saio said with a smile while reaching out to Riko's eyes, "If you don't open them by yourself, you may be hurt by my nails. It's not worth the candle."

Lizi felt that something cold like a snake touched her eyelids.She sighed softly and opened her eyes.Golden waves reflected in the pupils, and within the waves was a distorted face exactly like hers.

When the face exactly like hers came out from the Yata mirror, Lizi felt a sharp pain in her head, her eyes went dark, and she fell towards the mirror.

……

Qingming sat in the car, although she was holding a book in her hand, she didn't turn the pages for a long time.He glanced outside the city gate from time to time, waiting for the carriage of Ise Shrine.

Today he showed the mirror to He Maozhongxing, and He Maozhongxing said that the mirror was not evil, but the mirror was originally a channel to another world in Yin Yang.

He Maozhong went through the ancient books and found a hand-painted drawing to show Qingming.It was the same pattern as behind the mirror, a blown out candle.

"This is the symbol of the country of mirrors."

"The Kingdom of Mirrors?"

"Well, everything in the world has a kingdom. It is not only the place where people live can be called a country. However, such a country that depends on people is rarely seen to be opened. Because of the lack of external support, they cannot be opened with the world. Connecting doors."

"What will happen if it is opened? How will the people of the Kingdom of Mirrors walk in our country? Bend down or use their own bodies?" Seimei asked.

"I don't know, there is no record of this. But I have heard a little from my teacher."

"Then why does this symbol appear on a mirror?" Seimei asked, "And it is a mirror that is distributed in large numbers to apprentice witches."

"It's possible that the person who made the mirror happened to see this pattern and thought it was interesting, so he engraved it on the back of the mirror. It may also be what you suspect, the gate of the mirror country has opened."

"Then, is the Ise Shrine in danger?"

"Impossible?" He Mao Zhongxing was full of hesitation, "How could there be evil spirits in here with Lord Saiwang?"

Seimei pursed her lips.

"After school is over, I will visit Ise Shrine. You don't need to worry about this matter for the time being." He Mao Zhongxing said.

Seimei nodded and left the mirror with the teacher.

What happened in the afternoon was relived in my mind like this.As the sun set, he frowned slightly, feeling inexplicable depression and uneasiness in his heart.

The clacking of horseshoes sounded in the distance, stirring up a blur of dust.Seimei stared closely at the carriage of Ise Shrine until the familiar figure jumped down.Seeing the girl looking at him with slightly surprised eyes, he raised the corner of his mouth and watched her walk over.

"Why did Master Qingming come to pick me up?" Lizi asked cheerfully.

Qingming's fingers trembled slightly, but he kept a bright smile on his face, "School ends early today."

"I see." The girl smiled and got into the car, "Ah, I'm so tired, I'm really tired today."

"What did you learn?" Qingming asked.

"Learned a new hymn." The girl glanced at Yuan Chuyue passing by the car, covered her mouth with her hand and whispered, "Master Seimei, she is also very strange today."

"Well, what's so strange?"

"I can't say it, it's just weird anyway." Lizi frowned.

"Well, just don't get in touch with her." Seimei said.

"I think it should be fine," Lizi said, "I don't think they pollute people by contact."

"Pollution?" Seimei repeated.

"Well," Lizi lowered her eyelids to hide the momentary panic, "I guess so."

"I see," Qingming nodded, "By the way, I showed the mirror to the teacher today. He said..."

"What did you say?" The girl suddenly raised her face, forgetting to cover up the flashing haze.

Seimei raised the corner of her lips slightly, "It is said that it is the symbol of the country of mirrors, and the mirror is probably the door that opens the world. But it seems that the door can only be walked out, not in?"

"Huh, is that so?" A sneer flashed in Lizi's eyes, dignified.Onmyoji is nothing more than that.

"That means you can go in." Qingming murmured softly, heaved a sigh of relief, and his expression relaxed as if he was relieved.The next moment he recovered his emotionless eyes, and called out coldly, "Teng Snake."

A man with golden vertical pupils appeared in the air, and at the same time, the entire car was encased in a barrier.

"Master Seimei?" The girl's eyes widened in surprise. She lowered her head and found that her body was slowly being entangled by the huge snake tail.

"Tell me, where did Xiaoli go, is she still alive?" Qingming's eyes were filled with a cold breath.

"I, am I Xiaoli?" A trace of unnaturalness flashed in the girl's eyes.

"You know who you are better than me, so let's stop acting." Qingming said with a sneer.

"Lizi" was taken aback for a moment, and then giggled, "Why did you see through it? I still think I look alike."

"Why did you see through you?" Qingming said with a slight smile, "Isn't it very simple? You, who was hidden in the mirror yesterday, carefully remembered Xiaoli's movements and listened carefully to our conversation."

"But soon I put the mirror into the blood box. So you have no chance to hear the conversation behind. In the morning I told Xiaoli that I would pick her up after school. But when you saw me, you asked why Is there time to pick you up? But it's only been half a day, how could the real Xiaoli forget the promise so quickly?"

"So that's the case. But what to do, you only have me as a little pear. Why don't you just let it go."

Seimei looked indifferently at the snake tail that had wrapped around the girl's neck, "I don't know what it's like when people from the Kingdom of Mirrors die? Do you belong to shadows?"

"We don't belong to shadows," the girl was already a little frustrated, "we are also real human beings. It's just that because we are your appendages, we have to stay in another world and do things we don't like."

"Every time we see you scratching your head and posing in front of the mirror, we die laughing. We also have to do the same movements in coordination. So, when we are in a good mood, we will show you a beautiful look and give it back to you. When you are in a bad mood, We'll make you think you're ugly."

"We, we, only when you are not looking in the mirror, can we have our own time and do something we want to do. It's abhorrent to think so. Why should we be subject to human beings because everyone looks exactly the same? We It’s also an independent entity.”

"So you are thinking of a way to replace humans?" Qingming asked lightly.

"Our country of mirrors can never feel the temperature. I heard that the world is very warm, and food and water can be divided into hot and cold. Even the skin is warm. Who wants to exist as a reflection all the time." "Pear" His face was flushed from being suppressed, and he was almost out of breath.

"So, tell me, how do I get into your country?"

"Hey, do you want to go in? Hee hee, you go in, the person who replaced you is about to come out."

"Yeah." Qingming nodded without hesitation.

This caused a flash of surprise in "Pear"'s eyes, "It seems that you like her very much, are you not afraid of death if you go in?"

"This is not something you should think about, you are going to die now." Teng Snake said rudely.

"Tell me, how to get in?" Qingming asked again.

"In the inner palace of Ise Shrine, there is a Yata mirror. Draw a pattern of extinguishing candles on it, and the passage can be opened."

Qingming nodded, "Let's hang him."

She wanted to say something, but the air in her chest was decreasing a little bit.A burst of dazzling light burst out, and she was completely broken into light and shadow, floating in the air of the enchantment.

"Will killing her do anything bad to Qingshui Sang?" Teng She asked.

"You're asking me this kind of question after killing them all?" Qingming laughed a little.

"No," Soaring Snake withdrew its tail and changed its legs again, "Because I am your Shikigami, I will not refuse any orders from you."

"I know," Qingming looked outside the barrier, "I think there should be no problem. There are two possibilities. It is possible that Xiaoli will never see herself in the mirror again. It is also possible that the people in the country of mirrors will never really die. .As long as we see our face on anything, it will come back to life."

"Then it won't kill them forever?" Teng Snake was surprised.

"Well, these are all my guesses. I won't know the specific situation until I go in." Qingming removed the barrier and told the coachman, "Go to the teacher's house first. If you don't tell him what happened first, I'm afraid I will be in the mirror later." The country met the teacher."

Soaring Snake: "..."

After a while Teng Snake asked softly, "My lord, do you really want to go in?"

"Yes," Qingming said without hesitation, "I missed her experience last time, and I have to make up for it this time."

I will never make the same mistake again, and I have agreed that we will not separate, that is, wherever she goes, I will also go.